Studio Flash

[rapierphoto]

I still have not been able to nail a setting on the 10d that I like in my studio. I have custom white balanced with a white card and still got the blue cast on my subjects. I tried all of the other presets on the camera (Shade, Flash,Daylight,Cloudy etc.) and found that I like the daylight setting but I'd like my subjects a little warmer. Is anyone else not custom white balancing and using one of the presets? What other settings are you using?

TIA
John Rapier

[Jesper]

Do you have a calibrated and profiled monitor?

I've noticed that the "Flash" white balance setting works well with the studio lights that I'm using in the photography course I'm taking. With Custom White Balance you should be able to get the most accurate result, but if your monitor (and printer) isn't properly calibrated and profiled you might have a hard time to reproduce colours very accurately.

[rapierphoto]

Hey Jesper,

My lab has a fuji frontier and I just get them to straight print.

[cowman345]

uh... i'm no expert at printing by any stretch, but could it be that the printer is not using the right color profile? or the camera is not set to the right printer color profile?

-dave-

[RichardtheSane]

John, have you tried custom white balancing off a grey card? Worth a go at least...

[Vegas Poboy]

I enjoy the daylight & then the flash setting for studio work. If you shoot it in RAW mode and use CS you can adjust the exposure setting before converting it into a TIFF. Also if you do have CS try the photo filter settings to warm or cool your pictures.

[CavScout]

Hey, I would think custom WB would be the best solution because then the Wb is set according to the shooting situation. But Daylight is probally good to because most studio flash units light temp. is in the 5,100 k-5,600 k. range which is the same temp. as daylight.

[chris.bailey]

I use the flash WB setting with my Bowen Strobes and if anything they tend to being slightly too warm. Worth getting your monitor and printer profiled properly properly as it can make a big difference. I also tend to shoot in Raw for the studio so I can 'fiddle' a bit with the WB.